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On her 1000th anniversary of her rule, Empress Luna reflects on the achievements of the Equus Empire - and reflects on her greatest failure 1000 years ago and why she doesn't deserve any of the love or adoration her subjects give her. ·Kaptein

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How do you cope when all your friends are dying of old age around you, but you seem not to be growing older at all? Twilight Sparkle tackles this problem for herself the only way she's ever known how: research, and then contacting Princess Celestia for advice. The explanation she gets is nothing like what she could have expected, and it will change Twilight's life forever.

Nah, you got the complicated explanation there and it becomes easier to understand after thinking about it for a sec, Just recomment that people either read Tsubabsa reservoir chronicles or play Achron... Now those are confusing.

Yeah, I was trying to find a ship for AJ, because, well, shipping's my thing, but I'd already paired the rest of the mane6. Then I remembered another fic I'd read that made Cheerijack seem plausible, and it stuck. I hope to write a fic in the future to help flesh the relationship out and make it more believable.

I feel like I'm reading a story, just without the story. While the first chapter was interesting, It just doesn't feel like the fic is going in any particular direction. Back-story is great, and when done well can literally bring your characters to life, but a story needs a story to be a story.

Just some input from a different perspective: There is a such thing as too much back-story. The things to consider keeping are the things the characters find meaningful, or have direct importance to the events of the story.

Thanks for the input! I originally intended for a much swifter progression through the backstory and into the plot, but as often happens, the backstory just fleshed itself out on its own. Someday I will probably rewrite this to rearrange the backstory and the eventual plot so they mesh more cleanly, but as for right now, I'm just working on getting the whole thing out first.

I agree with he wonderfully written review above me, This story is well written and quite frankly deserves more attention than it has been getting, the update schedule is a bit slow but it is worth it for the quality that we get. You have managed toi catch my imagination and write a very compelling story, even if it is just a recap segment at the moment.

I just found this story today and I can't believe such a gem has eluded me for so long. Normally stories that delve into the past tend to bore me but this wonderful work has only enticed me into knowing more. I have read a lot of stories good, bad, and crazy but this one has been a absolute joy. Tracked and Faved.

I'll be totally honest; this was never intended to be as long as it's become. I originally meant to write a brief little story the basic plot of which cropped up in a discussion with some friends. Once I started, though, the backstory started writing itself, and before I knew it, I had four chapters of backstory and no plot. It's a little embarrassing, but I've decided to push through until the backstory I originally intended to create is completed, and go from there. I think there's an actual plot somewhere in there, but it'll take some time to really flesh it out properly.

In the meanwhile, knowing there are people who really want to see this story expanded gives me a reason to keep working on a plot I had never intended to get much further than a touch of history.

Nah, I don't think it would be spoilery. I don't usually concern myself too much with spoiling my own stories. I figure if a plot is good enough, it doesn't need mystery to keep people interested (not that there's anything wrong with a good mystery!). For the most part, my headcanon is largely based on a slightly altered version of SleeplessBrony's fanon, and as such, I usually ship Rarity and Spike, and Fluttershy and Big Mac. Someday I'll probably write my own versions of how those ships got started

>>356037356037 I still question FlutterMac (if the Mane 6 are straight I see TwiMac more likely)

I am still kinda waiting on some character interaction between Fluttershy and Big Mac, since we actually have that with Twilight and Big Mac, currently TwiMac > FlutterMac until some interaction happens at least, but you would need something that shows romantic involvement at this point...

Re-writing your own history sounds like a pretty damn scary option to me... Brrr... No thanks.

I mean, it's not as if she'd get more time with her friends, she'd just lose what she had to get something else. Besides, what about Celestia and Luna? This is their last chance to get someone they won't have to lose...

First off I hate this cliffhanger more than anything even the end of Inception didn't hurt this much. Now that this out of the way. I love this story. I like seeing different takes on the royal sisters back story. Each author that has done this has come up with pretty believable tales. The idea of gods above them is marvelous. Now my opinion on what Twilight should do is to become a alicorn. This way she can continue to help make Equestria a better nation. I also don't want her to leave Spike he is like her son or brother not to mention her first friend. For me having to relive the loss of my friends even if I won't remember the first time kind of sucks. I just wouldn't want to put myself through that again even with a different ending. With god himself saying the world would benefit with her there makes it a no brainer for me.

Being immortal is hard to for me to wrap my head around, I mean if you were someone that was truly alone from beginning then you wouldn't know the pain of losing people around you while you don't wither and die.

It would sure be a tough decision and either choice has its merits. I honestly don't know for sure which choice I would make. I have always considered my mortality to be a gift but that immortality would be a gift too, just as both are curses.